Green Class' teacher is Mrs Harris
🌟 Autumn Term 1 🌟
Welcome back to another exciting half term in Green Class!
We hope you have all enjoyed a lovely half-term break. The children made a fantastic start to the school year, and we are incredibly proud of their hard work and enthusiasm so far. We have another busy half term ahead, with lots of exciting learning opportunities as we head towards Christmas!
Our Learning This Half Term - Childhood Through Time!
Our English learning this half term will explore the theme of Childhood Through Time, using The Boy at the Back of the Class, The Matchbox Diary and The Tin Forest, alongside historical photographs and oral histories to inspire our writing.
The children will develop their writing skills through a range of genres, including:
📔 Diary entry – Writing from the perspective of the grandfather in The Matchbox Diary.
✉️ Letter – Writing a letter home to parents.
✍️ Character description – Describing the old man in The Tin Forest.
🌳 Persuasive letter – Encouraging someone to look after the environment.
We will continue developing our vocabulary, grammar, punctuation and ability to write for different purposes and audiences.
Across the curriculum, we will also be busy:
We have lots of exciting learning planned across our wider curriculum:
🔬 Science – Animals, Including Humans: Exploring movement, the skeleton, muscles and nutrition.
⏳ History – How Have Children's Lives Changed?: Investigating what childhood was like in the past and comparing it with children's lives today.
✝️ RE – How Do People Show Their Commitment to a Religion?: Exploring the different ways people demonstrate their religious beliefs and commitment.
🧵 D&T – Textiles: Cushions: Developing our sewing and design skills to create our own cushions.
❤️ PSHE: Exploring medicine and touch, alongside the British Value of Rule of Law and protected characteristics, including different family structures and disability.
🇫🇷 French – Animals: Beginning to develop our French vocabulary through naming and describing animals.
💻 Computing – Creating Media: Animation: Exploring how animations are created and developing our own animated sequences.
⚽ PE: Developing teamwork, communication and possession skills through invasion games, alongside learning about competing, winning and losing with JB Sport.
🔤 Phonics & Reading
Children will continue to bring home a reading book and school planner. Please encourage your child to read regularly at home and record their reading in their planner.
Re-reading, discussing unfamiliar vocabulary, talking about characters and events and making predictions are all valuable ways of developing fluency and comprehension.
🔢 Maths
This half term, both year groups will be developing their understanding of multiplication and division, with Year 4 also exploring area.
🟦 Year 3 will be:
🟩 Year 4 will be:
At home, regular practice of times tables and number facts will continue to be incredibly valuable. Little and often makes a big difference!
⚽ PE Days – Monday and Thursday
Our PE days will remain Monday and Thursday, with our JB Sports session taking place on Thursday.
Please send your child to school wearing their PE kit on PE days and make sure that all items, including shoes and jumpers, are clearly named.
🏡 How You Can Help at Home
Regular reading makes a huge difference, so please encourage your child to read as often as possible.
You can also support learning through practising times tables and number facts, supporting your child with spellings, talking about what they have been learning at school and encouraging increasing independence with their belongings and routines.
Please ensure that all clothing, shoes, PE kit, water bottles and belongings are clearly named.
Diary Dates
Please refer to the whole-school newsletter for upcoming events and important dates this half term.
We are really looking forward to another fantastic half term in Green Class. With lots of exciting learning and festive activities ahead, we are sure it will be a busy and enjoyable few weeks!
If you have any questions, queries or concerns at any point, please speak to us or give the school a call. We are always happy to help and look forward to continuing to work closely with you.
Here's to a wonderful Autumn Term 2! 🌟
Mrs Harris(Class Teacher)
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